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24 alternatives to Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic

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Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Contagious▲74

   Why things catch on

   2015 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Pandemic: Tracking Contagions, from Cholera to Ebola and Beyond▲61

   history, original reportage, & personal exploration

   2016 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Eradication▲65

   Ridding the world of diseases forever?

   2015 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Sapiens▲185

   A brief history of humankind

   2015 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Unleashing the ideavirus▲65

   Turn your ideas into epidemics

   2015 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   On Immunity▲71

   A philosophical look at the history of vaccination

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   On Immunity: An Inoculation▲57

   Why do we fear vaccines?

   2015 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   The Infinite Resource▲72

   How we can innovate our way to solving climate change

   2015 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Take Off With Elixir▲61

   An Introduction to Elixir

   2016 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    thankme▲184

    Create a thank-you page for anyone and express gratitude

    2021 · its alternatives →

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    Go Away COVID!▲57

    A children's book + puppet that teaches healthy habits

    2021 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human▲63

    A unified theory about why storytelling evolved

    2015 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Deep Survival▲62

    Science + storytelling to explain the mysteries of survival

    2015 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Don't Shoot the Dog!▲69

    The new art of teaching and training

    2015 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Resilience ▲55

    Why things bounce back

    2015 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Pandemic: Legacy▲65

    Craft your own unique Pandemic experience over 12 months

    2015 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Where Does It Hurt?: An Entrepreneur's Guide to Fixing Healt▲68

    A how-to guide to understanding and disrupting healthcare

    2015 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Pandemic Preparedness Illustrations▲68

    Illustrations for businesses during the pandemic

    2020 · its alternatives →

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    Black Swan▲80

    The impact of the highly improbable

    2015 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Being Mortal▲56

    Medicine and What Matters in the End

    2015 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Plague▲118

    Spread content like a virus

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    Snow Crash▲127

    A virus, a drug, and a religion

    2015 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Crucial Conversations▲69

    Tools for Talking When The Stakes Are High

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Contagious▲1

    Why things catch on

    2016 · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →